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1996 Map of Cigarette Spring Cave

Name: 1996 Topographic Map of Cigarette Spring Cave
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2002
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2002

About this map

Valley Of The Gods dominates the southern reaches of this landscape, where dramatic sandstone formations rise from the desert floor. The 1996 photoinspection reveals a geography defined by its strikingly named landmarks, from the whimsically titled Rudolph and Santa Claus and De Gaulle and His Troops to the more literal Battleship Rock and Pyramid Peak. These isolated buttes and pinnacles are carved by the drainages of Lime Creek and its West Fork, which cut through the elevated expanses of Cedar Mesa.

Evidence of local land use is sparse but specific, including several Corrals and a Drill Hole south of Setting Hen Butte. The namesake Cigarette Spring Cave and Cigarette Spring sit near a Uslm survey marker, while Road Canyon provides a named route through the high mesas in the northeast corner. This provisional map highlights the intersection of traditional surveying and descriptive local nomenclature in a corner of San Juan County.